Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8490, Simeon Fletcher, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 16
Fletcher, Simeon
S. 8490
CONTENTS
carded

10.761.
New Hampshire Simeon Fletcher
of Hillsboro in the State of N H who was a Pirate in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col Mooy in the N H line for 9 Mts 15 Days
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 31 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Ap r 1833 and Simeon Fletcher Brown Francetown N H
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $63.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 21 st Ap r " 15.83 $79.15
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H McBlain Clerk, Book E, Vol. 1, Page 85.

18681
Simeon Fletcher
N H
March 9th 18 Days
C Ash
$31.66.
Jethro Brown
Francestown
N H

BRIEF in the case of Simeon Fletcher County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Fall In 1777 — X X 26 Private Gen. Col. Brooks Col. Wood   Feb'y 0780 — 2 " Col. Nichols Col. Nichols   June 0780 — 03 19 " Col. Stevens Col. Nichols   Octob' 0781 — 3 " Col. Mann   + his Roll of service   0 80 80 80  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hillsborough N. Hampshire  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? He is on declaration  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Clapp Examining Clerk.
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No 180
Simon Fletcher
1868

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, ss.
On this third
day of October A.D. 1832
personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate, now sitting at Francesstown within and for the County of Hillsborough, in the State aforesaid,
Simeon Fletcher a resident of the town of Greenfield in said county aged 71 years
Who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say,
In the fall of 1777 he enlisted, he thinks (but is not certain) for two months & served in Capt. Clarke's company of New Hampshire Militia in Col. Moore's regiment. He recollects the names of no other officers of the company or regiment except Lieut. Holmes. He went by the way of Bennington & Batton Kill to Fort Edward - staid there a few days - then crossed the river & marched on to the lines north of Burgoyne's army at Saratoga & remained there till he surrendered - and was soon after dismissed. How long he served he cannot state - he thinks it was about a month. He is pretty certain he drew a month's pay.
About the last of February 1780 he enlisted for two months & afterwards served the term out under the following commanding officers - Capt. Nichols and Lieut. Boyd - went to Haverhill N.H. The company after staying there a few days went by the order as he understood of Major Whitecomb and took possession of a blockhouse somewhere to the westward of Haverhill on the Vermont side of the river - staid there awhile & scouted through the surrounding country & then returned to Haverhill. About half the company was then dismissed - but he with the residue remained there till his time was out.
In the month of June (he thinks) it was, 1780 he enlisted for three months and afterwards served out the term in Capt. Riddell's company Riddell's company in Col. Brattlebank's or perhaps Brattlebank's and Ensign Carr went to West Point - staid there awhile - then till after Arnold's escape - then returned to West Point and was stationed there till his time was out - some time in the month of October.
About the last of September or first of October 1781 he enlisted for three months & served the term out in Capt. Bory's company in Col. Russell's regiment. Other officers of the company and regiment were Lieut. Adams and Major Austin. He joined the regiment at Charlestown, N.H. He with a part of the regiment marched for Saratoga. When they arrived at Manchester they were ordered to Castleton Vermont - went and staid and staid at Castleton till a few days before his time was out - then returned to Charlestown and was there dismissed at the expiration of the three months.
All the above services were in the N.H. militia & he lived in Lyndeborough, N.H. when he entered the service.

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State,
Simeon Fletcher
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Edmund Parker Judge of Probate
We the undersigned a Clergyman residing in the town of Amherst residing in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and the undersigned aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the undersigned who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be  at years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that  who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the  town of  and that  who has signed the same,  is a resident in the town of  and is a credible person, and that their statement  is entitled to credit.
Edmund Parker
Judge of Probate for said County of Hillsborough.
I CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Register and Clerk of the Court of Probate, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Simeon Fletcher for a pension:
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court of Probate for said county. at Amherst in said county, this tenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
C. H. Atherton
Register and Clerk of Probate, for said county of Hillsborough.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS.
At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the said and the following answers given, on oath, to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer,
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer,
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer,
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom? Answer,
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer,
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? Answer,
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer,
Attest,
Register and Clerk.

Rev. War
8490
INVALID.
File No. 8490
Simeon Fletcher
Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1852
Index:—Vol. Set , Page 127
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Fletcher, Simon GRADE Quartermaster Sergeant LINE Pennsylvania §-
WARRANT NUMBER 9410 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED November 5, 1789 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.